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Bulgaria shuts nuclear reactor for annual maintenance

Published April 21, 2018 Updated April 21, 2018 02:24pm

It said the reactor, Unit 5, will be connected back to the national electricity grid at the end of May once it is refuelled and equipment repaired and upgraded.

The other Soviet-made 1,000-megawatt unit at the plant on the Danube was working at full capacity, the operator said in a statement.

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